Definition of ambition

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Ambition (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing..

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Victim :: Victim (n.) A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes..
Ambitionist :: Ambitionist (n.) One excessively ambitious.
Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..
Incompatible :: Incompatible (a.) Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being; irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers; incompatible colors, desires, ambition..
Slave :: Slave (n.) One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition..
Fop :: Fop (n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
Laudable :: Laudable (v. i.) Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition..
Ambition :: Ambition (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something..
Ambitionless :: Ambitionless (a.) Devoid of ambition.
Spirit :: Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up..
Ambition :: Ambition (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing..
Unbounded :: Unbounded (a.) Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition..
Ambitiousness :: Ambitiousness (n.) The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
Ambitious :: Ambitious (a.) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style..
Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..
Unambition :: Unambition (n.) The absence of ambition.
Restless :: Restless (a.) Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects..
Highflying :: Highflying (a.) Extravagant in opinions or ambition.
Ambitious :: Ambitious (a.) Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction..
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